The old Classic V70 autobox is on its way out at 190K miles so it's time for a change:



C30 LUX T5 with plenty of optional extras fitted when built, originally supplied to a main dealer in London as a customer demo car - Mike

Thanks for the PM, My first guess is the electronics in the REM feeding the centre brake light has blown when the wiring broke/ shorted out inside the tailgate hinge. All is not lost though as you now know the wiring is good, you can use an automotive relay to switch power to the centre brakelight, ...

11b denotes the electrical distribution box in the engine bay, the number four demotes the fuse number 4 within the electrical distribution box - Mike

What spark plugs have you got fitted to it? - Mike

It's the electrical connection on the immobiliser ring and the connector that goes on to the immobiliser ring that needs to be cleaned, they oxidise and create a resistance that stops the ID of the key being read by the cars immobiliser system, no key, uncoded key, dead key or wrong key equals no sp...

You need a seat from a 99 or 00 car, the earlier seats (up to and including 98) could be used but you need to fool the cars SRS system. I wouldn't bother with C70 seats as they have a tilt forward option for access in to the rear of the seat, and the seatbelt attachment to the seat is different to w...

The beam length adjustment (or height) can be adjusted in one of two ways, some cars had an electric motor with dash mounted control to move the reflector in pitch, other cars have a manual adjuster that fits in to the same hole in the back of the headlight assembly. You can remove the adjustment me...

An earlier post of mine covering the brake lights with an explanation of how it works: First the diagram which I have colour coded to make it easier to follow in the text below: http://imageshack.com/a/img534/1089/u2dk.jpg Lets start at top right with the fuse 11B/12 this feeds battery voltage to th...

If you do pull the rear seats with heaters don't forget the relay that resides in the rear of the center console as this is the power switch for the rear seat heaters - Mike

The above picture shows you what the resistive tracks look like in the accelerator position transmitter - Mike